All the blogs have oven baked french fries. So I’ll jump in too. But I don’t want to be flipping half way through. I what relatively simple prep and simpler cooking. But I want crispy and tasty too. I’m so picky…

I read a lot of recipes before trying this and then several cooking’s before I was satisfied. So what did I learn?

You need to cook at a high temp. I ended up at 425 convection. I think convection is important if you are using the rack not to have to flip the fries.

The potatoes must be soaked, rinsed and then dried or they will just be a mushy mess.

A light coat of oil adds some taste.

Put the salt on before you bake.

If you put them up on a rack, they will brown all around, and you do not need to flip them half way through

Never overlap fries. If they touch some, they will be ok since they will shrink a little and still brown.

Rating

A darn good fry.

Notes: I do these with the oven baked drumsticks. The timing and temps match nicely. Preheat before getting the potatoes cut and soaking. Work on the drummies and get them in. Then drain, rinse and dry the fries. Mix with a little oil and spread out on a rack. Salt and stick them in with the chicken. The chicken will get done first. Remove the drumsticks and let them rest a few minutes while the fries finish up.

Start with a couple of medium russet potatoes. That will make four servings. Preheat oven to 425 convection.

Peel potatoes if desired. Cut your fries. I use a mandolin, but a knife will do.

Place in cold water and soak for 15 to 20 minutes.

Rinse the fries with cold water and place on a towel and dry reasonably well.

Dry the bowl and put fries back in and mix with about a tablespoon of oil.

Prepare a baking sheet with aluminum foil and a rack. Spray with PAM.

Spread the fries on a prepared rack. Give a light sprinkle of coarse salt.

Bake until golden brown. About 30 minutes.

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Easiest Crispy Oven Baked French Fries

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CoursePotatoes

CuisineAmerican

Servings

Prep Time

4servings

30minutes

Cook Time

30minutes

Servings

Prep Time

4servings

30minutes

Cook Time

30minutes

Easiest Crispy Oven Baked French Fries

Votes: 16 Rating: 5 You:

Rate this recipe!

Print Recipe

Learn the secrets of crispy oven baked french fries. Oh so good.

CoursePotatoes

CuisineAmerican

Servings

Prep Time

4servings

30minutes

Cook Time

30minutes

Servings

Prep Time

4servings

30minutes

Cook Time

30minutes

Ingredients

2russet potatoesmedium

coarse salt

1tablespoon oil

Servings: servings

Units:

Instructions

Start with a couple of medium russet potatoes. That will make four servings. Preheat oven to 425 convection.

Peel potatoes if desired. Cut your fries. I use a mandolin, but a knife will do. Place in cold water and soak for 15 to 20 minutes.

Rinse the fries with cold water and place on a towel and dry reasonably well. Dry the bowl and put fries back in and mix with about a tablespoon of oil.

Prepare a baking sheet with aluminum foil and a rack. Spray with PAM.

Spread the fries on a prepared rack. Give a light sprinkle of coarse salt.6) Bake until golden brown. About 30 minutes.

Last Updated July 4, 2016

Nutrition Facts

Easiest Crispy Oven Baked French Fries

Amount Per Serving

Calories 88Calories from Fat 36

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 4g6%

Saturated Fat 1g5%

Polyunsaturated Fat 0.4g

Monounsaturated Fat 3g

Sodium 480mg20%

Potassium 314mg9%

Total Carbohydrates 13g4%

Dietary Fiber 1g4%

Sugars 1g

Protein 2g4%

Vitamin C23%

Calcium2%

Iron3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

All nutritional information are estimates and can vary from your actual results. This is home cooking and there are many variables. To taste ingredients such as salt will be my estimate of the average used.

Wow. Delicious. My 2, 4 and 6 year old’s loved them. They actually ate all their dinner tonight. I made them with your chicken drumstick recipe as well. My pickiest eater, the 4 year old..actually thanked me over and over for making a delicious dinner. :) Thank you!

We had a slightly less than traditional Thanksgiving dinner, which included buffalo hot chicken drumsticks, and your french fry recipe. I added a bit of vinegar to my potato soaking water based on some advice I saw elsewhere, but otherwise followed your instructions to a T. These were absolutely the best oven baked fries I’ve ever had, and they certainly surpassed deep fried fries in some unfortunate circumstances :) Crisp on the outside, creamy on the inside…just what a potato is striving to be!

I have never frozen them. I guess I would freeze them after the wash and dry. I would spread them on a tray so they froze as individual fries and not a mass. Just a guess… Give it a try and report. DrDan

Because of health reasons I don’t eat fried foods but now I found your wonderful recipe for these delicious fries. I also tried the chicken and it came out moist and tender inside and crispy flavourful outside. Thank you for a great combination.

This is so weird. It is in the first line of the instructions where I always put it BUT when I first looked after your comment, It was gone. I went to fix the code and it was there correctly. I changed nothing and it is there now….. so the answer is Preheat oven to 425 convection.

I have just found your blog and will be making the drummies tonight I would like to make these French fries as well but I have a regular oven and not convection is there a temperature or time change I need to be aware of? thank you

Hi Tiffany, Even with good convection, the two trays should probably be rotated 180 degrees and top and bottom switched out about half way through. Maybe not needed but that is what I do when cooking anything with two large trays.

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